The MegaDome G3 and G3 RS (remote setup) indoor/outdoor dome camera series that bring new capabilities and easy installation

The Made in USA MegaVideo® 4K Ultra-High Resolution Box Camera and the Two New MegaDome® Camera Series will be on display in booth 3221 at ASIS International, September 26 – 28, 2017 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center, Dallas, Texas.

MegaVideo® 4K Ultra-High Resolution Box Camera

The MegaVideo 4K is the latest member of the customer-proven box-style camera family and is loaded with advanced features and capabilities.

Brad Donaldson, Vice President of Product Development, Arecont Vision

The new dual-mode camera covers a wide range of project requirements with a choice of full 8.3MP (3840×2160 megapixels) for 4K ultra-high resolution image quality at 30 fps (frames per second) or 1080p mode for ultra-fast frame rates of 60 fps.

Optional camera housings (11” and 16” models) and mounting accessories ensure the indoor camera can also be used for a wide range of outdoor ultra-high resolution surveillance applications with any of the three lens choices.

The camera also includes a MicroSD (SDHC) card reader for onboard storage requirements.

Power can be supplied via a single Power-over Ethernet (PoE) compliant network cable with no external power required, or by use of a 12-48V DC/24V AC power supply.

The built-in camera webpage allows for an intuitive and fast configuration, while the AV IP Utility tool allows quick configuring or updating of one or multiple MegaVideo 4K cameras simultaneously.

Network protocols HTTPS, 802.1x, IPv4, SNMP, and DHCP are among those supported for network security, integration, and simplified setup.

G3 and G3 RS MegaDome® Camera Series

Arecont Vision pioneered the megapixel (MP) dome market in 2009, when MegaDome was the first to offer H.264 compression in an all-in-one camera, lens, and housing solution.

Subsequent generations of the series have added many important capabilities and refinements, culminating in the state-of-the-art MegaDome G3 and G3 RS families.

“The MegaDome G3 and G3 RS series include installer-friendly housings with motorized remote focus and zoom for easy installation, while the RS models go even further with revolutionary hands-free setup,” added Brad Donaldson.

“Both of the new MegaDome series are packed with advanced capabilities, including bandwidth reduction and day/night technologies for unmatched performance for the widest possible range of customer requirements.”

Arecont Vision cameras go beyond ONVIF, and are integrated with the industry’s leading video management system (VMS) and network video recorder (NVR) choices through the Technology Partner Program and its MegaLab™ test and certification facility.

Cybersecurity Protection and Future Upgrades

Arecont Vision cameras are based on our in-house developed Massively Parallel Image Processing (MPIP) architecture in place of common operating systems like Linux (which is found in most competitor cameras).

MPIP runs on the FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) integrated circuit at the core of every Arecont Vision camera.

Over a hundred existing, pre-SNAPstream-developed Arecont Vision cameras can be updated to add this and other capabilities.

The ASIC-based cameras our competitors offer cannot be updated in this manner.

A new camera must be purchased to get the new feature.

Arecont Vision develops our own architecture and all of the code that provides our core features and capabilities.

Because we don’t run Linux or other common operating systems like competitors do, we aren’t at risk of the constantly-being-discovered-and-abused cybersecurity threats those OS systems are victim of.

We also don’t add in risky backdoors unknowingly through licensing of 3rd party code or chipsets which may have similar security holes.

Recently, many ONVIF-compliant cameras were found to be at risk from the Devil’s Ivy security vulnerability.

(Millions of IoT devices are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks due to a vulnerability initially discovered in remote security cameras. Courtesy of Wochit News and YouTube)

Because we develop our own code, Arecont Vision cameras were never at risk.

Competitor cameras remain at risk until each has its firmware updated with a security patch, which could be a monumental task to accomplish for many of their customers.

Arecont Vision cameras are unable to be maliciously repurposed for use in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), network penetration, ransomware, and other cyberattacks, or to be used to spread to malware and computer viruses to other network-enabled devices.

Arecont Vision in 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program

The 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, is organized to recognize the most distinguished vendors of Physical, IT, Port Security, Law Enforcement, First Responders, (Fire, EMT, Military, Support Services Vets, SBA, Medical Tech) as well as the Federal, State, County and Municipal Government Agencies – to acknowledge their outstanding efforts to ‘Keep our Nation Secure, One City at a Time.’

As an ‘ASTORS’ competitor, Arecont Vision will be competing against the Industry’s Leading providers of Innovative IP Video Surveillance Solutions.

American Security Today will be holding the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon at 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m, Wednesday, November 15th at ISC East, the Northeast’s largest security industry event, in the Jacob Javits Exhibition Center in New York City.

At ISC East you will have the chance to meet with technical reps from over 225 leading brands in the security industry, allowing you to find out about new products and stay ahead of the competition.

Encompassing everything from Video Surveillance and Access Control to Smart Home Technologies and Unmanned Security, you’re sure to find products and services that will benefit your company and clients.

Good luck to Arecont on becoming a Winner of the 2017 American Security Today’s Homeland Security Awards Program!